Twenty years ago, at a particularly stressful time in my mid-40s, I thought I was losing my mind — or at least my memory. I sometimes had trouble coming up with words — initially names, then simple ...

A blood marker that predicts risk a decade out Rachel Buckley, a cognitive neuroscientist at Mass General Brigham, led a ...

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. As new disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer's disease are now becoming available, both early and accurate diagnosis in a ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a digital cognitive test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease that is intended for use in primary care. "This digital test, which patients perform ...

It was much more accurate than primary care doctors using cognitive tests and CT scans. The findings could speed the quest for an affordable and accessible way to diagnose patients with memory ...

Neuropsychological assessment, or cognitive testing, is the gold standard tool for measuring cognitive functions (or the “software” of the brain) such as memory, language, attention, visuospatial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research shows smartphone memory tests can detect early cognitive decline within months, offering a faster, more accessible ...

A cognitive test is not mandatory for Medicare beneficiaries, but it is an included feature of the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV). If a person has Medicare Part B and has been enrolled for at ...

A long-term study of older adults with moderate hearing loss found that hearing aids did not lead to better performance on memory or thinking tests, but the story did not end there. Over seven years, ...